coverA NOTE FROM KENT

Out With The Old, In With The New

In Minnesota, we’re having an odd winter.  Here’s a photo of me in Saint Paul’s Como Park, very near my home, on Christmas Day.  Notice anything missing?  Yeah, the snow.  It’s warm enough here that folks—the hardier ones—are jogging in shorts.  That’s not the Minnesota I write about, or that readers expect to see in my books.  While I’m not really complaining, I do love everything that a normal winter in Minnesota offers, and I miss it.

So this year ends on a warm note.  2011 has been exciting and satisfying in so many ways.  Last spring, the American Library Association named Vermilion Drift one of the best mysteries of the previous year.  In the fall, Northwest Angle was a New York Times bestseller.  It was also an Indie Next Pick, a Heartland Bestseller, and has found a place on several lists as one of the best mysteries published in 2011.  I completed the manuscript for the next in the Cork O’Connor series, a novel titled Trickster’s Point,  which will be published in the fall of 2012 and I’m very happy with.  I even began work on the book that will follow in the series.  I don’t have a title for it yet, but if my ability to write matches my current vision, it may turn out to be one of the most heart-wrenching journeys yet for the O’Connor family.

Northwest Angle by William Kent KruegerSome other things to look forward to:  The Minnesota Crime Wave will be publishing a new anthology of mystery stories by some of our state’s best crime writers.  (I’ll have a story in the collection, one that I’m quite proud of).  In February, I’ll be attending Love Is Murder in Chicago, a wonderful mystery conference.  In March, I’ll be in Sacramento for Left Coast Crime, always an excellent gathering.  And in April, I’ll be part of a cross-country mystery bus tour with several other authors from Atria Books (John Connolly, Liza Marklund, and M.J. Rose).  Like the Merry Pranksters, we’ll be stirring up trouble in lots of towns along the way.  Be sure to check my event calendar for the locations where we’ll be appearing.  I’d love to see you there.

So here’s a nod to the past and toast to the future.  My hope for all of you in the next year is that your lives are filled with marvelous mystery.

—Kent

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